Delta Steamship Names
Badger And Collins

James F. Badger has rejoined
Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., as
vice president-market research,
according to an announcement by
Capt. J.W. Clark, president of the
New Orleans, La.-based line. Mr.
Badger served previously with
Delta Line (1967 to 1974) in various
managerial capacities.

In his new position, Mr. Badger
will be involved with all phases
of the company's marketing operations.
A native of Gaffney, S.C.,
Mr. Badger attended graduate
school at the University of South
Carolina, and Tulane and was a
candidate for a doctorate in economics
at Tulane University in
New Orleans.

Captain Clark also announced
that Richard V. Collins, who has
been with Delta since 1973, has
been promoted to the position of
assistant to the president.

Mr. Collins is a 1966 graduate
of the United States Merchant
Marine Academy, holds an unlimited
master's license and attended
Northwestern University,
where he earned a master's degree
in business administration
in 1973, when he first joined
Delta. His most recent position
with Delta was as assistant vice
president-market research.

Delta Steamship Lines, Inc.,
1700 International Trade Mart,
New Orleans, La. 70150, owns
and operates a fleet of ultramodern
vessels that offer service between
U.S. Gulf of Mexico ports
and the east coast of South America,
Central America, the Caribbean
and West Africa. Recently,
Delta and Prudential Lines, Inc.,
signed a letter of intent by which
it is expected that Delta will acquire
Prudential's Latin Ameri-
can trade services.